TOP 10 CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING WISE

For about 100 days, the mysterious and remarkable topic of WISDOM has been on my mind and heart. At the end of the year 2020, I embarked on being a WISDOM SEEKER for these reasons: It is crystal clear Fred...

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EXIT HELL HALLWAYS ENTER PEACEFUL ROOMS

Key Statement: “Ex” means to get out, and “en” means to enter. Get out of the hallway and enter rooms of beauty, grace, peace, joy, and love.  Developing the emotional intelligence skill “EQ” is necessary to get unstuck from being...

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STUCK IN THE HALLWAY

Ideas from a sermon about being stuck in the hallway of life. People get mentally stuck in hallways because only 5% of our emotional decision-making occurs in our conscious level of thinking, while 95% of our actions happen at the...

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Fridays with Fred – Excellent UCLA doctor time

Dear Forever Friends, Once again, the Lord delivers Fred Crowell big time. After 11 intense metastatic cancer years, my cancer is isolated in the bones and not present in soft tissue. Indeed, I am far from cancer-free, but this is...

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WORLD’S GREATEST ARTIST

Is it Rembrandt, Picasso, Michael Angelo, Chagall, Van Gogh, or is it GOD? Susan Stricker, high school math teacher, lover of beauty, declares to any and all, “God is the greatest artist!” One of my thousands of joyous moments was an...

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY WITH WISDOM

The idea of walking with 360-degree vision seems absurd, yet this is a Biblical challenge. Dr. Thomas Jones told 120 truly good kids at an NBC-Alaska basketball camp there are three ways to listen. SELECTIVE LISTENING: This means listening to what you...

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NO TAXES?

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethoughts of grief. - Wendell Berry No taxes -  no future fears? No takes - no worries for tomorrow? No taxes -  no negative attitudes? No taxes -...

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CURIOSITY TRUMPS ANGER

Curiosity opens doors; anger closes doors. The Apostle James gives us solid counsel when he said, “Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger for anger never brings about the righteous life God desires for us.” Unfortunately, if...

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WILL AND WHAT?

Two extremely important, yet uncommon questions that bring relational healing. Will you forgive me for; now call the offense by name. I am sorry; I was only kidding; I didn't mean it that way; are only excuses and do not...

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – WISDOM CHECKLIST

The value of a wisdom checklist is to prioritize each vital activity necessary to complete the task with great success.After choosing major projects, it is wise to have a daily checklist. This should include: Listing of tasks in order of priority (#1, #2,...

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